Tales from a down-shifted family
- Making the most of modest means
We went to Caernarfon Castle on Saturday. I’d ran past the castle recently on my Coast Path run, but hadn’t been in it for ages – probably since I was Morgan’s age. It’s still as impressive as ever and I just wanted to run around the corridors and up the towers like a big kid...
It’s been a while since I’ve been up in the hills. We have been there for walks with the Scouts, but we haven’t even been out blueberry picking this year for a change. The arrival of a new bike changed that though on Sunday when I had a bit of Trail Fest at Nant yr Arian....
One of the main reasons for our North Wales camping trip was to visit Portmeirion. Anna and I had want to go to Portmeirion for a while and Morgan had been enthused with the idea after hearing that the Italianate village was apparently a hotspot for rare Pokémon. We therefore and pleasant, relaxing day soaking in...
Coast Path Vital Stats Four Mile Bridge to Trearddur Bay Distance: 11.05 miles Elevation Gain Today: 197m Highest Elevation: 45m Time: 1:50:21 Av. Pace: 9:59 mins/mile Av. Heart Rate: 124bpm Max Heart Rate: 147bpm Calories: 1024 Totals to Date Total Distance: 273.77 miles Total Time: 50:35:20 Total Elevation Gain: 7546m Total Calories: 25685 Distance to go: 613 miles...
Just a few clips from what was a 5 star windsurf session on Sunday. In fact it was a 5 star day really. First up was a walk along the beach and through the dunes. It wasn’t the nicest of days but it was warm and dry, just a little cloudy with a stiff breeze....
Anna and I were off work on Friday, so we made a last minute decision to go away for a couple of days. We didn’t have too many plans and things were a bit rushed, but camping on Anglesey was chosen. I found what looked like a nice campsite and made the necessary bookings. The weather looked...
The lovely summer weather seems to have deserted us as usual for the school holidays. This is a shame really as I have loads of time off work thinks to the fact that I worked lots of overtime earlier in the year, so I’ve been at home with Morgan. We haven’t been put off by...
Pokémon Go is all the rage at the moment and we’ve jumped on the bandwagon with it. Mind you, we managed to tie it in with a full day of digital treasure hunting on Saturday. To start with we were trying to gain a geocaching souvenir by doing a geocache that had at least 10...
It’s wet and dreary out there at the moment so I’ve spent the morning in my shed. It’s not all doom and gloom in the garden though as the veg patch is providing us with plenty of garden produce. Here’s today’s harvest. We’ll be having courgette fritters for lunch, and no doubt courgette cake for pudding!
MRI Scan Results I’ve finally had the results back from the MRI scan on my shoulder and a diagnosis. Essentially there’s some fairly extensive arthritis of my acromioclavicular (AC) joint. If you remember back to the New Year when my shoulder pain first occurred then I thought at the time that it was an AC joint issue....
Fitness / Technology / Triathlon
Fixing the Altimeter on my Garmin Forerunner 910XT
Monday, March 17th, 2014
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